I was scrolling through my RSS reader at lunchtime and immediately noticed something was off. Why was my name appearing as a title for someone else's blog post? Ah. Well, that would be because Paola at mirror mirror was sweet enough to write about my photography today on her blog. What a lovely surprise! I wasn't losing my mind after all. I'm seriously tickled. I've been following mirror mirror since attending a meetup at Velocity here in Seattle. Paola was there with two other awesome local bloggers -- Mary from Shelterrific and Megan from Not Martha -- to share her take on design blogging with a room full of like-minded folks. 'Twas a good time, and I've been a follower ever since. Networking is an amazing thing...So recently Paola talked about the Couch to 5K podcast program designed to get you off your rumpus and running a 5K in a mere few months. I felt mildly inspired. It sounded simple and organized and not overly strenuous for a total running idiot. I downloaded it, and tried it out that night. 90 seconds of walking followed by 60 seconds of running/jogging/shuffling/whatever you can manage. I only made it through two running cycles and had to walk the rest of it out. That's TWO MINUTES TOTAL, people. There could not be a worse athlete. My legs felt like logs.
But that just means that instead of three months, it takes me six months. Or twelve months. Or whatever. But my logic is that doing SOMETHING is better than doing NOTHING. And I don't care so much about running at all -- walking suits me just fine -- but having the goal helps. And it was actually kind of sort of fun. Trust me, it has taken well over a year to get into this mindset, and it's far more complicated than anything I'd care to get into here. But now I'm taking yoga and trying to get out of the house more (which is immensely hard in the dark, rainy Seattle winter). I don't call it exercise, but rather maintenance (and a little repair). I've just got this one life, and one body, and I had best take care of it.
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You go Girl!
you are not the world's worst athlete. you can be second. I have added walking and climbing the stairs behind our office to my tuesday and thursday schedule. it is sooo fun to do this, throw up, and then return to work red faced and out of breath.
Oh Don. The visuals you paint are so poetic.
Also: I cannot believe I spelled "losing" as "loosing." That's one of my most hated typing errors of all time. Ahhh fixed.
I used to have a very difficult time handling exercise, probably because of the head-freakish nature of highly competitive running combined with the super-fun body image issues most young women have. I'm finally to the point where I incorporate daily movement for the sake of making a healthy life decision, be it a long walk or a game of tennis or a trip to the gym. It's not so much a question of self-worth anymore, and more about "maintenance."
Really, I do it so I can drink good beer.
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